Mark 9: 14
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| 14 |
And when they came to the disciples, they
saw a great crowd about them, and scribes arguing with them. |
| 15 |
And immediately all the crowd, when they saw
him, were greatly amazed, and ran up to him and greeted him. |
| 16 |
And he asked them, "What are you discussing
with them?" |
| 17 |
And one of the crowd answered him, "Teacher,
I brought my son to you, for he has a dumb spirit; |
| 18 |
and wherever it seizes him, it dashes him
down; and he foams and grinds his teeth and becomes rigid; and I asked your
disciples to cast it out, and they were not able." |
| 19 |
And he answered them, "O faithless
generation, how long am I to be with you? How long am I to bear with you? Bring
him to me." |
| 20 |
And they brought the boy to him; and when
the spirit saw him, immediately it convulsed the boy, and he fell on the ground
and rolled about, foaming at the mouth. |
| 21 |
And Jesus asked his father, "How long has he
had this?" And he said, "From childhood. |
| 22 |
And it has often cast him into the fire and
into the water, to destroy him; but if you can do anything, have pity on us and
help us." |
| 23 |
And Jesus said to him, "If you can! All
things are possible to him who believes." |
| 24 |
Immediately the father of the child cried
out and said, "I believe; help my unbelief!" |
| 25 |
And when Jesus saw that a crowd came running
together, he rebuked the unclean spirit, saying to it, "You dumb and deaf
spirit, I command you, come out of him, and never enter him again."
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| 26 |
And after crying out and convulsing him
terribly, it came out, and the boy was like a corpse; so that most of them said,
"He is dead." |
| 27 |
But Jesus took him by the hand and lifted
him up, and he arose. |
| 28 |
And when he had entered the house, his
disciples asked him privately, "Why could we not cast it out?" |
| 29 |
And he said to them, "This kind cannot be
driven out by anything but prayer." |
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